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Succession planning

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  • Date:
    9 April 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and analysis

    Coronavirus: How can we prepare for a leader falling ill?

    With the Prime Minister in intensive care, the Cabinet is finding a new "business as usual" while its leader recuperates. As more organisations could face periods of self-isolation or worse for senior managers, how can they prepare?

  • Date:
    8 January 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and analysis

    Is succession planning an outdated concept?

    Succession planning often focuses on key leaders in the organisation. But in a changing business environment, planning for the future needs to be far more strategic and widespread, argues Miecha Ranea Forbes.

  • Date:
    27 June 2019
    Type:
    Case studies

    How St John Ambulance is developing its future managers

    St John Ambulance talks to XpertHR about its programme to develop future managers and how this has increased self-awareness and improved practical skills, as well as leading to better relationships between units.

  • Type:
    Good practice manual

    Retaining staff

    Updated with information on trends in retaining staff.

  • Type:
    Employment glossary

    Succession planning

    Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to succession planning.

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